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1. www.researchgate.net › publication › 232829343(PDF) Agency and structure: Interpreting power relationships

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   Apr 1, 2008 · Writers who discuss the power structure or system tend to concentrate upon structures; those who write about the power of agents or power relationships tend to concentrate upon actors. The...

2. learninglink.oup.com › protected › filesChapter One: Introduction to Sociology - Oxford University Press

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   • Sociology looks at and examines patterns in social variables and social institutions as well as social interactions. • Sociology allows for an understanding of the relationships between the social world, others, and oneself. The Heart of Sociology: The Sociological Imagination

3. resources.saylor.org › wwwresources › archivedChapter 1: An Introduction to Sociology - Saylor Academy

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   Sociologists study all aspects and levels of society. A society is a group of people whose members interact, reside in a definable area, and share a culture. A culture includes the group’s shared practices, values, and beliefs.

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4. www.academia.edu › 576759(PDF) Understanding the "Structure" and "Agency" debate in ...

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   In this paper, I explore a range of sociological and anthropological theories that either (i) stress structural determination, (ii) stress agency and intentionality, or (iii) attempt to reconcile both the structural and agential dimensions of social.

   • Author: Sherman Tan

   • Publish Year: 2011

5. link.springer.com › content › pdfChapter 1 The Nature of Sociology: Explanations ... - Springer

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   Sociology helps to understand the influences on you and on your clients, influences which condition behaviour, beliefs and attitudes. Sociology is a scientific discipline.

   • Author: Ron Iphofen, Fiona Poland

   • Publish Year: 1998

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   Jan 1, 2014 · To date the most common theory of the actor in the social sciences is the rational-intentional model and its cousin, rational choice theory. However, American pragmatism offers a significantly richer framework in terms of which to understand actors and their actions.

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   What is the difference between rational actor models and social actor models?

   • The large distinction at issue here is the contrast between rational actor models of the social world, in which the actor makes choices within a thin set of context-independent decision rules, and social actor models, in which the actor is largely driven by a context-defined set of scripts as he/she makes choices.

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   Does sociology have a role in actors?

   • But it does imply that there is substantive and valuable work to be done in almost every field of sociology at the level of the actor. Sociology gains when researchers attempt to gain a more nuanced understanding of the constitutions and situations of the actors with whom they are concerned.

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   What is actor-centered sociology?

   • Here is an elliptical description of three aspects of the idea of actor-centered sociology. First, it reflects a view of social ontology: Social things are composed, constituted, and propertied by the activities and interactions of individual actors—perhaps two, perhaps 300 million.

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   What is the relationship between (1) & (2) in sociology and social anthropology?

   • To some extent, positions (1), (2) and (3) follow a particular temporal trajectory. While (1) appeared to be dominant in sociology and social anthropology for some time, (2) arose as a challenge to (1) -as an attempt to rehabilitate the role of human agency in understanding society.

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8. www.jstor.org › stable › pdfThe Basic Concepts of Sociology - JSTOR

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   In sixteen representative monographs and textbooks in sociology and cultural anthropology published since 1930, despite great confusion in terminology there is agreement on the basic concepts of sociology. Most definitions of "social interaction," "social re]ationship," "social group," "social norm," "status," "role," "attitude," "value ...